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King Street Bicycle Lanes and Pedestrian Improvements City Council Public Hearing March 15, 2014 Issue: Decision of the Director of Transportation and Environmental Services (T&ES) to remove parking on City Council March 15, 2014

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City Council Public Hearing March 15, 2014

King Street Bicycle Lanes and Pedestrian Improvements

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City Council – March 15, 2014

Issue:

Decision of the Director of Transportation and Environmental Services (T&ES) to remove parking on King Street from West Cedar Street to Highland Place in order to install bicycle lanes and associated pedestrian and bicycle improvements.

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Staff’s Recommendation:

That City Council upholds the decision of the Director

  • f T&ES to remove parking on King Street from West

Cedar Street to Highland Place in order to install bicycle lanes and associated pedestrian and bicycle improvements.

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Presentation Outline

1) Adopted Plans 2) Proposed Plan 3) Plan is in accordance with design guidelines 4) Plan modified to respond to safety concerns voiced through detailed public outreach process 5) Extensive data collection and analyses

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Project Goals

  • Provide direct bicycle access along

King Street

  • Provide facilities for pedestrians,

cyclists and drivers

  • Improve the safety and convenience of

all street users

  • Implement City Council adopted plans

and policies

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Shared Concerns

  • Speeding on King Street is a problem
  • 85th percentile speeds WB: 33mph
  • 85th percentile speeds EB: 35mph
  • Pedestrian safety along King Street
  • Pedestrians on sidewalk are too close to

fast moving vehicles

  • Cyclists riding on sidewalks

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Complete Streets

  • City Council Goal #3: A multimodal transportation

network that supports sustainable land use and provides internal mobility and regional connectivity for Alexandrians

  • Complete Streets Policy: Alexandria shall

incorporate Complete Streets infrastructure into existing public streets to improve the safety and convenience of users and construct and enhance the transportation network for all users

  • Transportation Master Plan: Implement a

citywide bikeway network to serve all users and trip types, provide end-of-trip facilities, improve bicycle/transit integration, implement encouragement programs and improve safety

  • Pedestrian and Bicycle Mobility Plan

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Existing & Planned Bicycle Network

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Existing Bike Facility Planned Bike Facility Existing Trail Planned Trail

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Proposed Plan

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Top of Hill Maintain 10 spaces

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  • Provide bike lanes in both directions from W Cedar Street to Highland

Place

  • Remove parking from W Cedar Street to Highland Place (27 Spaces)
  • Maintain parking from Highland St to Janney’s Lane
  • Maintain 2 westbound lanes approaching Janney’s Lane
  • Maintain 2 eastbound lanes approaching Callahan Drive/Russell Road

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King Street: West Cedar Street to Highland Place

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King Street: Highland Place to East of West View Terrace

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Shoulder

  • Provide shared bike lanes where parking exists between Highland Place &

Janney’s Lane

  • Maintain 10 existing parking spaces
  • Provide a shoulder along southern sidewalk
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Shoulder

  • Provide WB bike lane and EB shared lane
  • Provide a 1’-3’ shoulder along southern sidewalk
  • Install bike box for cyclists making turns onto Janney’s lane

King Street: West View Terrace to Janney’s Lane

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Masonic Temple

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Design Guidelines

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Sidewalk Widths* Bike Lanes** Roadway Width*** Travel Lanes****

Minimum 39” 4’ 24’ 10’ King Street Plan 45” – 84” 4’ - 5’ 30’ 10.5’

*Americans with Disabilities (ADA) guidelines **American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) & National Association

  • f City Transportation Officials (NACTO)

***City of Alexandria: Sec. 5-8-161 Standards; enforcement. (a) The following standards apply to parking spaces located on public streets, to the travel way available to vehicular traffic on public streets and to sidewalks adjacent to public streets: (3) Travel way on two-way streets, with parallel or perpendicular parking, shall be a minimum width of 24 feet.

***AASHTO

There is no place in the plan where the design is below the minimum design guidelines

“The recommended width of a bike lane is 5 feet from the face of a curb or guardrail to the bike lane stripe.” “If the joint is not smooth, 4 feet of ridable surface should be provided.”

  • AASHTO. Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities.
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Safety

  • In a reduced-speed urban environment, the effects of reduced lane

width are different. On such facilities, the risk of lane-departure crashes is less. The design objective is often how to best distribute limited cross-sectional width to maximize safety for a wide variety of roadway users. Narrower lane widths may be chosen to manage or reduce speed and shorten crossing distances for pedestrians. Lane widths may be adjusted to incorporate other cross-sectional elements, such as medians for access control, bike lanes, on-street parking, transit stops, and landscaping. The adopted ranges for lane width in the urban, low-speed environment normally provide adequate flexibility to achieve a desirable urban cross section without a design exception.

  • Federal Highway Administration

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Source: Highway Capacity Manual

http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/geometric/pubs/mitigationstrategies/chapter3/3_lanewidth.htmn

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Safety

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Safety

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Safety Studies

  • Growing evidence to suggest that cities with higher bicycling

rates also have better road safety records

(http://files.meetup.com/1468133/Evidence%20on%20Why%20Bike-Friendly.pdf)

  • A bicycle lane was not present on the cyclist’s side of the

roadway in 97.2 percent of all accidents

  • Cyclist in bicycle lane = 2.2% of all crashes
  • Cyclist in through lane =68.2% of all crashes
  • Cyclist in an accident while on sidewalk 16% of all crashes

(http://www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/pdf_reports/0_5157_1.pdf)

  • Installation of bicycle lanes did not lead to an increase in

crashes, despite the probable increase in the number of bicyclists (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22095351) 17

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Public Process

  • Taylor Run Civic Association: 6.12.13
  • Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee: 8.19.13 and 10.21.13
  • Traffic & Parking Board: 7.22.13
  • Neighborhood Flyer: 9.12.13
  • Public Meeting #1: 9.18.13
  • Public Meeting #2: 10.30.13
  • Environmental Policy Commission: 11.04.13
  • Parks and Recreation Commission: 11.21.13
  • Traffic & Parking Board: 11.25.13 – Deferred a recommendation
  • Taylor Run Civic Association 1.16.14
  • Taylor Run Civic Association 2.19.14
  • Traffic and Parking Board 2.24.14 – Recommendation
  • City Council 3.15.14

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Concepts Considered

  • Bike lanes from W Cedar Street to Janney’s Lane
  • Removes all parking on King Street between W. Cedar Street and

Janney’s Lane

  • Climbing Lane on north side of King Street, from W. Cedar

Street to Janney’s Lane

  • Parking still has to be removed
  • Pedestrians on the south side of King Street walking very close to

moving vehicles, keeps existing condition

  • Does not provide eastbound route for cyclists, does not separate

roadway users

  • Part-time bike lane
  • Does not meet design guideline criteria, not a standard practice
  • Requires extensive enforcement
  • Safety concerns
  • Sharrows
  • Does not reduce speeds
  • Does not separate users on the roadway with large speed

differential between cyclists and motor vehicles

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Comments/Concerns Response

Difficult to cross at Upland Pl. Installing rapid flashing beacon Cyclists won’t want to share lanes Provide alternate signed route through neighborhood Turning onto Janney’s Ln. is difficult for cyclists Provide bike box at Janney’s intersection Need more accessible crossings at Highland Looking into feasibility of installing pedestrian signals and push buttons People run the light at Highland Requested APD patrol Visitor parking Added 3 spaces across King at Park and Carlisle and maintained parking at Highland 2500 Block has short driveways Maintain existing parking Emergency vehicle access Road is the same width – cars can pull to the side to let EV pass as they do now Need more data City collected new speed & volume counts

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Concerns Voiced and City Response

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Concerns Voiced and City Response

21 Comments/Concerns City Response

Vehicles are speeding and causing unsafe environment Measured vehicle speeds and added additional traffic calming to plan 2500 block has short driveways and highest parking utilization Studied parking and modified plan to maintain parking in this section Deliveries/drop off/carpool “No Parking signs” not “No Standing” – Provided wider lane on north side Moving vans Permits can be obtained Backing into/out of driveway Provided wider bike lane on the north side of the street Backing into/out of driveway Provided wider bike lane on the north side of the street Sidewalks are too narrow Providing bike lane will keep cyclists off sidewalks & added shoulder will improve safety for pedestrians Too much speeding on King Street Narrowed travel lanes to decrease speed & will install speed board if desired & feasible

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Modifications to Original Plan Based on Community Input

  • Maintained parking west of Highland

Place where parking utilization was highest

  • Widened westbound bike lane and

narrowed eastbound bike lane to provide for more visibility on the north side of the street for entering & exiting driveways and loading & unloading

  • Added 3 additional parking spaces
  • n Park and Carlisle
  • Provided bicycle box on King Street

at Janney’s Lane

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Modifications to Original Plan Based on Community Input

  • Shoulder on roadway along south sidewalk

between Janney’s Lane and Highland Place for pedestrian safety

  • Rapid flashing beacon and High visibility

crosswalk at Upland Place to provide safer crossing

  • Pedestrian countdown signals with push buttons
  • n King Street at Highland Place
  • New crosswalks at Park Place, Carlisle Drive,

West Cedar Street & West View Terrace

  • Speed board between Highland Place

and Upland Place (if feasible)

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Data Collection

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Eastbound Volumes – Daily Total 6,238 vpd Eastbound Volumes – Peak Hour 493 vph Westbound Volumes – Daily Total 6,500 vpd Westbound Volumes – Peak Hour 600 vph King Street Daily Total 12,738 vpd Bicycle Volumes (peak hour) 11.5 cyclist Eastbound 85th Percentile Speed 35.4 mph Westbound 85th Percentile Speed 32.7 mph Bicycle & Pedestrian Crashes (5 year) 1 ped crash Vehicular Crashes (5 year) 30 crashes Average vehicles parked: Russell to Highland 2013 1.07 vehicles Average vehicles parked: Russell to Highland 2014 1.5 vehicles

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Recent Parking Surveys

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1.9.14 11:45am 1.10.14 9:00am 2.12.14 5:30pm 2.12.14 1.00pm 2.18.14 9:30am

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Parking Data Collection

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King Street Parking Survey Date Day Time Russell to Carlisle (20) Carlisle to Highland (7) Highland to Janneys (10) Total 3/27/2013 Wednesday 8:00 PM 2 4 6 3/28/2013 Thursday 9:30 AM 1 1 4/2/2013 Tuesday 8:45 AM 1 1 2 4/4/2013 Thursday 1:45pm 2 2 4/4/2013 Thursday 7:30pm 1 4 5 4/4/2013 Thursday 9:00pm 2 2 4/5/2013 Friday 6:45am 3 3 4/12/2013 Friday 7:45am 1 1 2 4/15/2013 Monday 9:45 PM 1 1 4/21/2013 Sunday 2:30 PM 2 2 4 4/29/2013 Monday 7:15 PM 4/29/2013 Monday 9:00 PM 6/11/2013 Tuesday 6:45PM 1 3 4 6/11/2013 Tuesday 9:30PM 1 1 2 AVERAGE (Russell to Janney’s) 0.29 0.79 1.36 2.43 1/9/2014 Thursday 11:45AM 2 4 6 1/10/2014 Friday 9:00AM 2 2 2/3/2014 Monday 8:00AM 1 2 3 6 2/12/2014 Wednesday 1:00PM 1 1 2 2/12/2014 Wednesday 5:30PM 3 3 6 2/18/2014 Tuesday 9:30AM 5 5 AVERAGE (Russell to Janney’s) 0.35 0.85 1.85 3.05

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lose 1 space Add 2 Spaces

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17 Spaces against the Fence with N View Terrace Addresses

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6 spaces in front of 1 residence 4 spaces in front of 1 residence 3 spaces in front of 1 residence Add 1 Space

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Project Goals

  • Provide direct bicycle access along

King Street

  • Provide facilities for pedestrians,

cyclists and drivers

  • Improve the safety and convenience of

all street users

  • Implement City Council adopted plans

and policies

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Questions/Comments

For more information visit

http://alexandriava.gov/localmotion/info/default.aspx?id=74320

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